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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






2. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






3. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






4. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






5. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






6. What is normal BMI?






7. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






8. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






9. When does BMR increase?






10. When does BMR decrease?






11. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






12. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






13. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






14. Name six sources of grains






15. What are healthy sources of fats?






16. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






17. What type of people need extra protein?






18. What foods have high quality protein?






19. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






20. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






21. What does DASH stand for?






22. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






23. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






24. What function is vitamin D?






25. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






26. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






27. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






28. What is the function of vitamin E?






29. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






30. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






31. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






32. The higher the BMR a client has --






33. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






34. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






35. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






36. What is normal albumin levels?






37. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






38. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






39. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






40. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






41. What is RDA of protein?






42. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






43. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






44. Sources of fats






45. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






46. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






47. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






48. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






49. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






50. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily







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